Garth Brooks Comeback Special *ALL 5 SHOWS CANCELLED* READ FIRST POST

Munster_Gal

hynesie08 wrote: »

How big was the venue?
How many gigs did he do?

184 according to an article on www.lasvegassun.com

SusanneKn

And here something to cheer you guys up

bennyl10

paddyirish23 wrote: »

It is indeed a sports event... A Special sports event as GAA have called it, which also needs approval from DCC i'm sure

An event no different to rugby, soccer or any Gaa game, with regards to noise or disruption.

hynesie08

Munster_Gal wrote: »

184 according to an article on www.lasvegassun.com

And apparently the capacity is 1,850, So if every show sold out, It'd still be less than croker.

Not downplaying how impressive it is, but it's hardly definitive proof his mid 90's popularity is still there

Munster_Gal

hynesie08 wrote: »

And apparently the capacity is 1,850, So if every show sold out, It'd still be less than croker.

Not downplaying how impressive it is, but it's hardly definitive proof his mid 90's popularity is still there

it was an agreed number of gigs over his residency. He was also in semi-retirement so therefore no larger gigs played or new material released.
hard to comment on his popularity when where were no other sales to be made to show it.

mikom

HardLuckWoman wrote: »

May croke park burn.

They don't have plastic seats at Croke Park.
It's all stone steps.

I mean, if you had said may everybody drown, I'd be the happiest man in the world.
But, a fire? At Croke Park! Well, it's just It's just oh.........

JP Liz V1

Let him do 10 nights at Cork Marquee

Tigger

mikom wrote: »

They don't have plastic seats at Croke Park.
It's all stone steps.

I mean, if you had said may everybody drown, I'd be the happiest man in the world.
But, a fire? At Croke Park! Well, it's just It's just oh.........

sorry what?

miss no stars

SO where's this announcement that was due at 1500?

That_Girl_ Is_ A_Cowboy

paconnors wrote: »

This is gonna be fun http://www.rte.ie/news/2014/0704/628423-garth-brooks/

There is a facebook page for the residents in favour of the gigs. Apparently the residential group/s objecting to things are looking for 2million before 5 pm today. Don't know how true that is.

Some people coming forward on the facebook and saying they had the cops on the doorstep in relation to objections which were forged.

Sickening

hynesie08

mikom wrote: »

They don't have plastic seats at Croke Park.
It's all stone steps.

I mean, if you had said may everybody drown, I'd be the happiest man in the world.
But, a fire? At Croke Park! Well, it's just It's just oh.........

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qy_BKKnHgas

mikom

hynesie08 wrote: »

YOUTUBE clip

Well done, hynesie08.

hynesie08

That_Girl_ Is_ A_Cowboy wrote: »

There is a facebook page for the residents in favour of the gigs. Apparently the residential group/s objecting to things are looking for 2million before 5 pm today. Don't know how true that is.

Some people coming forward on the facebook and saying they had the cops on the doorstep in relation to objections which were forged.

Sickening

2 million in unmarked bills is it? in a black sack with a $ on it.

EyesClosed

hynesie08 wrote: »

2 million in unmarked bills is it? in a black sack with a $ on it.

Don't be silly, it will be in a brown sack marked SWAG

j8wk2feszrnpao

That_Girl_ Is_ A_Cowboy wrote: »

There is a facebook page for the residents in favour of the gigs. Apparently the residential group/s objecting to things are looking for 2million before 5 pm today. Don't know how true that is.

Some people coming forward on the facebook and saying they had the cops on the doorstep in relation to objections which were forged.

Sickening

If Facebook speculation and wild allegations is now admissible for proof against people, then god help us all.
Quite sickening that you are attempting to defame people like this.

miss no stars

Wonder if Garth is taking the 4th of July off and we'll be left in the dark til tomorrow?

hynesie08

munstermagic11 wrote: »

If Facebook speculation and wild allegations is now admissible for proof against people, then god help us all.
Quite sickening that you are attempting to defame people like this.

https://www.facebook.com/ResidentsSupportingCrokePark?fref=ts

This is the page, A well thought out informed group of people

mrsbyrne

munstermagic11 wrote: »

If Facebook speculation and wild allegations is now admissible for proof against people, then god help us all.
Quite sickening that you are attempting to defame people like this.

Hell hath no fury like a scorned GB fan. Seriously though, defamation is becoming more and more serious, its only a matter of time before somebody on boards gets done.

Ravenid

I love this quote from Sinn Fein Counciller Seamus McGrattan:

"There has been a breakdown in communication and trust between the local community and Croke Park going back over a number of years, but the fans who bought tickets should not be the losers in this."

The fans shouldn't loose out but the local community he was elected by should loose out.

I'm guessing he got tickets for the Monday or Tuesday concert.

Furious-Red

:cool:

secman

miss no stars wrote: »

SO where's this announcement that was due at 1500?

It's been cancelled

bucketybuck

barney4001 wrote: »

with all the money being generated by these concerts they coudl well have thrown affected residents 5 or 10 thousand euro each for their troubles and disruption during the concerts

No no no, you see, poor Gareth needed the five shows because he only makes a profit if there are five shows. Reportedly he spent so much on props and stagehands or something that he won't make any money if its only three shows.

So you see, there isn't any spare money to give to the residents, the margins are cut to the bone for these performers.

Apparently.

mikom

miss no stars wrote: »

SO where's this announcement that was due at 1500?

Brooks said he wants 5 announcements or none at all.
We await an announcement on the announcements.

ebbsy

EyesClosed wrote: »

Don't be silly, it will be in a brown sack marked SWAG

and the envelopes were all 3 fingers thick

Mr_Red

Furious-Red

Aiken Promotions Press Release

In order to clarify recent reports regarding the licence application for the five Garth Brooks concerts at Croke Park, Aiken Promotions have today released the following:

Aiken Promotions followed the licensing process as laid down under the current regulations.

It is the standard practise in Ireland to inform the licencing authority, then to announce an event and then to put the tickets on sale in advance of a detailed licence application begin submitted.
Under the current regulations the licence application must be submitted 10 weeks prior to the event.
In the case of the Garth Brooks event Aiken Promotions submitted the licence application on 17 April 2014, 14 weeks prior to the date of the first concert.
The information in the licence application includes:

The full stadium layout to include surrounding area
The stage and all temporary structures
The emergency plan
Safety strategy
Impact on the local environment
Stewarding
Traffic management
Sanitation
Environmental issues
It takes time in order to collate this information. An application cannot be submitted until all this information is confirmed. Equally Dublin City Council cannot grant a licence for an event unless they have all the relevant details of that event.

It also needs to be demonstrated within the application that the stage being proposed could be built within a reasonable time (working between 8am – 10pm) and that it could also be taken out after the concerts in the time allocated.

After the press conference on 20 Jan 2014 Garth Brooks met with Aiken Promotions and his crew including the lighting, sound, video and special effects teams for a number of hours in Croke Park outlining plans for the shows. Garth Brooks chatted through lots of ideas he had regarding staging and how the show should look. He then went to the various levels of Croke Park and took photos of where the stage would be plotted. The team then generated several 3D images of how the show would look from each of the different locations within the stadium.

Over the next few days the team incorporated these ideas within the plans.

Drafts went back and forth and more changes were incorporated.

A further meeting was held in Nashville and more detail was added to the plans.

Further / final meetings were held in Croke Park with the crew and show designers and in the following weeks show plans were finalised.

A final set of plans were then ready to be submitted into the licence application.

Aiken Promotions were in contact with Dublin City Council and other statutory agencies throughout this whole process

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Well that's not really saying much at all is it?

Steven71

A lot of words with no answers.....

Mr_Red

Furious-Red wrote: »

Aiken Promotions Press Release

Sounds like they are pinning the blame of DCC for leaving it so late to cancel the concerts

miss no stars

Right, so now I know a little more about how they planned the event but absolutely nothing about whether it'll go ahead. Nice one Aiken.

Tbh... If I'm so so on a concert in the future I'll remember that it was Aiken and not MCD who created this cluster****.